Listening to different music while commuting?
11-25-09 | 11:12 AM
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Indeed. I can't tell you how many times my iPod has made me confuse red for green, up for down, and an intersection with traffic for a pasture with cows peacefully grazing.
11-25-09 | 11:31 AM
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car drivers run red lights all the time - with or without their car radios blasting. teen drivers are a whole 'nother animal/story as well, isn't it.
I keep my MP3 player in a pocket and the pocket is usually warn enough to keep it alive. I try not to leave it in my car overnight when I drive, due to the low overnight temps
I keep my MP3 player in a pocket and the pocket is usually warn enough to keep it alive. I try not to leave it in my car overnight when I drive, due to the low overnight temps
11-25-09 | 11:35 AM
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I listen to classical music. It doesn't improve my speed, but it certainly makes my ride seem more DRAMATIC! Or movie music. I dare you NOT to feel like you're on an important mission with the "Superman" theme ringing in your ears!
11-25-09 | 02:26 PM
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I don't keep my entire library on my MP3 player. I keep mellow songs on my cell phone and GYM music on my player. I change both periodically. I keep my entire library on my work computer, the home computer is for some of my favs but mostly for the kids music.
11-25-09 | 03:01 PM
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I mostly listen to communist talk radio (Pacifica network or Air America). But sometimes I listen to music, and I do it commuting through the big city. Never very loud and never with noise-cancelling earphones. Mostly the music doesn't have a noticable effect on my speed or awareness, but I've noted that Reggae will knock a few MPH off. And I stop halfway home to take a nap. I think it's the contact high.
I like the dig at the right wing nuts of the obstructionist party too, using the Communist thing is very clever. 8>)
I'll bet their swaztika tatoos are melting.
I'm mostly listen to a very eccletic shuffle on my MP3 player.
11-25-09 | 04:13 PM
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A while ago, I used to have my XM radio set up with the antenna under the seat. I had numerous choices from news, sports talk, jam bands, rock, alt, etc... However, the past couple of years, I've been riding naked so I have nowhere to put the unit!
I really do enjoy the sounds of the town & the road...
I really do enjoy the sounds of the town & the road...
11-25-09 | 04:52 PM
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11-25-09 | 06:39 PM
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11-25-09 | 09:18 PM
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Anybody tried this? https://mycyfi.com/ Or similar?
11-25-09 | 09:29 PM
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Anybody tried this? https://mycyfi.com/ Or similar?
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"Without music, life would be a mistake."
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11-25-09 | 09:46 PM
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11-25-09 | 09:52 PM
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11-25-09 | 09:56 PM
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I'd bet it sounds like monophonic AM radio. Too many other good choices out there including open headphones that don't block all sound if that concerns the rider.
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11-25-09 | 10:21 PM
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Let me highlight what he did wrong:
Since when does listening to music make someone blind?
A teen in Indianapolis was hit and killed a couple of weeks ago after he ran a red light. He was listening to an I-Pod while riding, the police believe he lost his situational awareness while listening to the music. I know you said you ride mostly in the country, but I would still recommend against listening to music with ear plugs.
